ELEPHANT’S DEATH COULD CHANGE CAMBODIA TOURISM

Daniel A. Tanner -
Cambodia tourism industry faces a worldwide criticism of animal rights groups. Last week, Sambo, a 40-year-old Asian female elephant died outside Angkor Wat after it gave rides in the scorching heat. ...

HALAL TRAVEL: MALAYSIA RANKED THE MOST MUSLIM FRIENDLY DESTINATION

Joe McClain -
For the sixth consecutive year, the Global Muslim Travel Index (GMTI) has been published ranking 130 countries to benchmark how destinations are catering to the Muslim travel market. Malaysia once aga ...

HONG KONG TOURISM SEES A DROP OF 59% IN MAINLAND VISITORS

Cecilia Garland -
This year’s drop in the number of visitors from the Chinese mainland has made the Hong Kong tourism authorities less optimistic about the likelihood of things improving during the coming May holiday s ...

COLOMBIA MEDICAL TOURISM WENT UP BY 6.4% IN 2015

Colombia medical tourism slightly increased last year. 10,423 health tourists visited the country, indicating an increase of 6.4 percent from 9,792 in 2014, according to government tourism authorities ...

TRAVEL BEHAVIOR CHANGING – THANKS TO REFUGEES AND TERRORISM

Samuel Dorsi -
Spain expects a record year regarding its summer tourism. The growing demand for tours in the country is driven by the continuing instability in competitive destinations such as Tunisia, Egypt or Turk ...